SimPORTAL Simulation Fellowship

The goal of this position is to provide a foundation for creating international leaders in the development, evaluation and delivery of medical education curricula enhanced by simulation technologies. Once this one year fellowship is completed, the Surgical Simulation Fellow will be facile in simulation education theory and practice and will have developed their own technical skills through an array of simulation activities. The Fellow will be involved in simulation classes for medical students and residents as well as in the design and implementation of all surgical simulation activities that occur within SimPORTAL.  The Fellow will also involved in their choice of an array of simulation research projects via the Center for Research in Education and Simulation Technologies (CREST) and via participation in the SimPORTAL's Curriculum and Assessment Council.

Applicants must be an M.D. and be enrolled or have completed a residency in any surgically-oriented field. International candidates with the intent on developing a simulation center/program in their home country are encouraged to apply

During the fellowship year, you will be expected to direct forty percent of your efforts toward curriculum development, forty percent toward research and twenty percent toward personal skill building.  By the end of the fellowship year you should have accomplished the following goals:

In Curriculum Development:

• develop five full curricula with at least one scenario each
• set up and help teach for all surgical simulation courses
• establish a blue print for the development of a simulation center at your institution using the ACS criteria as a model.
• Be an active member of the curriculum and assessment council (or equivalent)

In Research:

• publish three papers
• design one simulator
• execute at least one multi-center validity study

In Personal Skill Building (can be tailored to each individual needs):

• observe skills
• complete the Fundamentals of Laparoscopic Surgery (FLS) curriculum
• complete the robotic curriculum